Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-28

well that David longed for. Do you know
that that well wss OF the gate, SO that no
body could go into Bethlehem without
going right past il? And so it is with
this gospel well-it ls st the gate. It Is,
in the first place, at the gate OF purihcd-
ton. We cannot wash away Cur sins
| unless with that water. l take the re-
sponsibility of saying that there is no
| man, woman or child in this house to-day
| that has escaped sinful deflement. Do
you say it is outrageous and uDgallsDt
for me to make such charge? Do you
say, 81 have never stolen, l have never
| blasphemed, hSve never committed IN
chastity, have never been guilty of muir
der?" reply you have committed sin
| worse than blasphemy,
WORSE THAN UNCHASTITY,
| worse than theft, worse thsn murder.
We have all committed it. We have by
our sin recruciffed the Lord, and that is
decide Aud if there be any who dare to
plead "not guilty" to the Indictment, then
the hosts OF heaven will be empanneled as
jury to render unanimous verdict
against US; guilty one, guilty ell.
With what slashing stroke that
one passage cuts Us away from
sill our pretensions: "There is none
that doeth good-no, not one." "Oh,"
says someone, Gall we want, all the race
wants, is development Now l want to
| tell you that the race develops without
the gospel into Sodom, Five Points, a
great Salt Lake City. 1t always develops
downward, cod never upward, except ss
the grace If God lays hold of it. What,
then, is to become OF our soul without
Chris? Punishment. Disaster. But l
bless my Lord Jesus Christ that there is
s well at the gate of publication. For
CREST sin, great pardo For eighty yeats
of trsnsgression, an eternity of forgive
ness. For crime deep as he'll, an atone
ment high as heaven that WneTe sin
ebounded, so grace may much more
abound; that as sin reigDed unto death,
even so NAV grace reign through rignte
BUSINESS unto eternal life by Jesus Christ
our Lord. Angel of the Covenant, dip
thy wing in this living fountain to-day,
and wave it over this solemn assemblage,
that our souls may be washed in "the
water Of the well Of Bethlehem, which is
by the gate"
Fur her, remark that this well OF the
gospel is at the gate of comfort. Do you
know where David was when he uttered
the words of the text? He was In the
cave OF Adullam. That is where some OF
, you are now. Has the world always gone
smoothly with you? Has it never pur-
! sued you with SANDER? Is your health
| always good? Have your fortunes never
ptrIshed? Are Your children sll alive and
well? Is there one dead lamb in the foid?
Are you ignorant OF the way TO the Gene
, terry? Have you ever heard the bell toll
: when it seemed as II every stroke Of the
] iron clapper beat your heart? Are the
skies as bright when you Look into them
as they used to be when other eyes, now
3 closed, used to look into them? Is there
t some trunk or drawer IN your house that
t yau go to only on anniversary days, when
there comes beating a. ainst your soul The
: surf OF great
2 OCEAN OF AGONY?
I It is the csve of Adullami The cave OF
; Adullam! Is there some David here
!. whose fstherly heart Maynard Absalom
r mas broken? Is there some Abraham here
8 who is lonely because Saran Is dead in
s the family-plOt Of MaCnpelah? After
e thirty or forty years Of compsnionshipi
{ how GARD 1t was for them to part! Why
!, not have two seats in the Luru'e chariot,
o so that both the old folks might hive
d gone up at once? My aged mother, IN
e her last moment, said to my father
Y "Father, wouldn't it be nice if we coulC
r must part. And there are wounded
= comfort you. WHAT Can it bring you?
Notning. Nothing. The salve they Try
= to put on your wounds will not stick.
:, they can not. with their bungling sur
8 gefy, mend the broken bones.
D Z0ppsr, the Naamathite, and Bildad,
{ the Shunite, and Euphaz, the Teman1te
come In, and talk, and talk, and talk, but
miserable comforters are they all. They
3 cannot pour light into the cave u
{ Aoullam. They cannot bring a single
O draugnt of water from "th5 We'll of Betn-
n lenem, which Is by the gate.' But glory
= DE TO Jesus Christ, there Is comfort a
r the gaLei There is life in the well st the
O gate. If you give me time, l Will an
t up promise for every man, woman anC
y child in THIS house. Ay, will do it il
: two minutes. | Will lay hold the rope O.
G he old we'll. What Is your trouble
:, son." you say, IL am so sick, SO weary o
q life-ailments after ailments" l vii
i draw up promise: "Tne inhGbitGnt
Y snail never say L am SICK !" WHAT j:
Z your trouble? Goa, 1t is less of friends
Y bereavement" you say. l Will draw yol
8 up promise, fresh and cool, out Of III,
# well: al am the resurrection and tn
y life; he that belieVeLh IN me, though h
: were dead, yet shsll he live" WHAT il
IS your trouble? You say it is tn
It inf.mities of old age. I will draw yor
e up promise: "DoWn to old age l al
v with thee, to hoary hairs I viii carr
y thee" Whist is your trouble? "Oh,'
). you say, 81 nave q widoIe soul, an,
ir my children cry for bread" I bring u
d this promise: leave thy ia herles
" chlldren-I will preserve them alive, an,
Ie let thy widows trust 10 me-" l brea
h through
h THE ARMED RANKS
= of your sorrows To-day, and bring t.
X your parched lips ga drink of the waite
e Of The well OF Bethlehem, which is by tn
Id gate"
;e Again, the gospel well is at the gate c
Y, heaven. have not heard yet one singl
re Intelligent account of the future worl
re from anybody who does not believe il
J. the Bible. They throw such fog abou
J. the subject that do not want to go {
il the SIX ptic's heaven, to the transcendent
}; alist's heaven, to the worldly philosc
piers heaven. l would not exchang
the poorest room in YOUR house for In